UK Workshop

First attempt the wife wanted some speaker stands far from perfect but not too bad.
Lots of chisel work.

Ok so in a moment of madness or a period of not being on the ball I brought a Lamello P2, this even surprised me as I had discounted it on the grounds of expensive connectors and questioning if this is real woodworking. The issue I had was that I like to use wood to join wood and not plastic as this just did not feel like woodworking but this phobia was put to bed by some good r...

Had a full circle moment this weekend. I was laying out and cutting some tails and instead of reaching for my usual Japanese saw, I reached for my brass backed saw and found it much more enjoyable and easier to cut with. Last time I used it I found the opposite with the Japanese saw being easier. I've also gone back to the pin marking guage rather than my trusty wheel guage (sti...

I am in the process of trying to plan a build for my son who is a pretty good guitar player, a homebrew Leslie speaker - in return he has promised to learn to play some of my most favourite Dave Gilour/ Pink Floyd tracks ....

I have researched everything I can but there seems to be large gaps in people describing how they have built something similar - most notably the ...

The thread on nails got me thinking about my random collection of hammers. Most of them aren't woodworking hammers, but various big and small "Schlosserhammer" (lock smith hammer) with a big cross pein. Some have plastic handles, others are wood. Not ideal for woodworking, but it works. I also have a 1kg lump hammer that's useful for big nails, and a German carpenters "Latthamme...